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DEVELOPING IRON INDUSTRY IN CAMARINES NORTE...
Reported Location of the Iron Deposits in Camarines Norte



Previous Workers
         
1940            Gardner & Borr
1945            Kilsdeth
1950-1953  Industrial Research Agency carried out drilling exploration of (3) lode
                    
claims in the area.  Previous mining operation around Capacuan was
                     undertaken by the Phil. Iron Mines. 
1953            Santos Yņigo
1957-1963  Mitsubishi Company of Japan conducted drilling and geological study 
                     of 15 leased mining claims in the Dawahan area.
1959            Frost
1962            (June to August) Mitsubishi Company of Japan conducted drilling at Capacuan,
1964-1965  Detailed geological mapping, ground magnetic surveys and drilling activities
                     were undertaken by geologists of the Philippine Iron Mines at the Dawahan
                     area. 
 1968           Caleon et, al, conducted ground magnetic surveys around this area as a
                     follow-up work on the magnetic anomalies delineated by the  aeromagnetic
                     survey of Hunting Geophysics of London in 1954. 

  


Introduction | Regional Geology |Reported Location of the Iron Deposits
| Jose Panganiban Iron Prospects and Mining TenementsBessemer Area |  
Dawahan/Nakalaya Area | Agusan Iron Prospects and Mining Tenements |


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